This presentation will draw on published and emerging research to explore key issues facing 2SLGBTQIA+ people living with dementia and their carers. This includes issues related to recognition of identity and relationships, navigating healthcare access, identifying support networks and substitute decision-makers, and the impacts of cis-heteronormativity on gender affirming care. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Learn about the specific challenges faced by 2SLGBTQIA+ people living with dementia and their carers through an LGBTQ-affirmative lens.

2. Increase knowledge of promising practices to support 2SLGBTQIA+ people living with dementia.

3. Identify profession & workplace-specific areas for advocacy and practice change

About the speaker: Dr. Celeste Pang is an Assistant Professor in Women's and Gender Studies in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. Her research, education, and community work focuses on aging, disability, and care access and equity, with significant focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ issues. This includes research on dementia and unpaid caregiving, consent and capacity in substitute decision-making, and on homecare and long-term care. 

Before joining MRU Celeste completed a PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and worked as a community-based researcher.